The user wants me to proofread OCR output of a historical document about Hong Kong public works in 1924. The text appears to be a table of public works with columns: Describe the Work, Whether Constructing or under Repairs, Estimated Expenses in Dollars, Authority under which it is executed, When Commenced, Whether Finished or Unfinished, Amount of Expenditure.
The OCR has many issues: broken lines, misaligned columns, garbled text, missing spaces, etc. I need to reconstruct the table properly in Markdown format.
First, I'll analyze the structure. The header row is:
"Describe the Work, and where situated. | Constructing or under Repairs. | Estimated Expenses in Dollars. | Authority under which it is executed. | When Commenced. | Whether Finished or Unfinished. | Amount of Expenditure."
Then there are sections: PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT; HONGKONG. BUILDINGS: and COMMUNICATIONS:, DRAINAGE, LIGHTING, MISCELLANEOUS.
Each row has a number (1-16) and description. The OCR has merged columns and broken lines.
I need to parse each row. Let me go through line by line.
The text starts with "59 (FI) PUBLIC WORKS, 1924." Then a title: "Return of all Public Works, Civil Roads, Canals, Bridges, Buildings, and similar Undertakings, not of a Military Nature, which have been undertaken during the Year 1924."
Then column headers: "Construct Expenses Authority nuder Whether Estimated Describe the Work, and where situated. ing or under in Hepairs. Dollars. When which it is executed. Com- menced. Whether Finished or L'u- Amount of finished. Expenditure."
This is garbled. The proper headers should be:
Then "PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT;- HONGKONG. BUILDINGS :—"
Then rows:
Row 1: "Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00"
This is messy. Let's parse: The row number is 1. Description: "Maintenance of Buildings". Constructing or under Repairs: "Repairs". Estimated Expenses: maybe 55,000.00? Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". When Commenced: "Jan., 24." Whether Finished: "Finished". Amount of Expenditure: 19,561.12? But there are many numbers.
Actually, the table likely has columns:
But the OCR has mixed them. Let's look at the pattern for each row.
Row 1: "Maintenance of Buildings" appears. Then "Repairs". Then numbers: 19,561.12, 7,000.00, 55,000.00. Then "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". Then "Jan., 24." Then "Finished". Then "228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00". That seems like multiple rows merged.
Maybe the table has multiple sub-rows? Actually, the original might have multiple entries under "Maintenance of Buildings" with different estimates? But the row numbers go 1, 2, 3, etc.
Let's look at the next lines:
"Improvements to Buildings, Do. C.8.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Do. Do. 71,649,52 19,000,00 30,000.00 1,999.98 CS 0, 20 in 63 of '24 Do. Do. Do. 7.997.67 6,000,00 3"
Row 2: "Improvements to Buildings". "Do." means same as above (Repairs?). Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". When Commenced: "Do." (same as above). Whether Finished: "Do." (Finished). Then numbers: 71,649.52? 19,000.00? 30,000.00? 1,999.98? Then "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24". Then "Do. Do. Do." Then "7,997.67 6,000.00 3". Row number 3? Actually row 3 might be "Maintenance of Lighthouses".
Next: "Maintenance of Lighthouses, COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68 Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į City,........ } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87 Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges out- side City, 20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24 Do. Do. Do. 87,860.33 70,000,00 6 Improvements to Ronds and Bridges outside City, {' Do. 8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00 7 { 110. | Do. 13,855.33 1,666.31 Maintenance of Telephones including all Do. Cabtes,................ 3,200.00 1,000,00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '24. Do. Do. 14,878.75 8,000.00 8 DRAINAGE :- Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c., Do. 20.000,00 9 Do. Do, 16,119,01 LIGHTING Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District. Do. $5,000.00 10 Do. Do. 83,226.90 and Shaukiwan, Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, } Do 35,000.00 : 11 Do. Do. 27,680.13 4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of Extensious of Lighting, Do. '24. Do. Do. 5,169.27 1,500.00 12 MISCELLANEOUS :— Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers....... Do. 11,000,00 IB Do. Do. 9,012.87 Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56 Do. of Chinese Cemeteries,...... Do. 2,500.00 15 Do. Do. 2,159.25 Do. of Public Recreation Grounds, Do. 4,000,00 16 Do. Do. 3,207.93 Notes.—(1) All expenses are defrayed from the Revenue of the Colony. (2) In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924. Parkl"
This is a mess. I need to reconstruct the table logically.
It appears the table has 16 rows (numbered 1 to 16). Each row has 7 columns. The OCR has broken each row across multiple lines and merged columns.
Let me try to parse each row by looking for the row numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. But in the text, I see "1", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16". Row 2 and 5 missing? Actually row 2 might be "Improvements to Buildings" but no number shown. Row 5 might be "Maintenance of Lighthouses"? But row 4 is "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City". Row 5 might be "Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City"? But row 6 is "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City". Row 7 is "Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City". Row 8 is "Maintenance of Telephones". Row 9 is "Maintenance of Sewers". Row 10 is "Gas Lighting". Row 11 is "Electric Lighting". Row 12 is "Extensions of Lighting". Row 13 is "Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers". Row 14 is "Maintenance of Public Cemetery". Row 15 is "Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries". Row 16 is "Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds".
But the OCR shows numbers: after first block "1 9.583.97 12,500,00" maybe row 1? Then "3" appears after "7.997.67 6,000,00 3". Then "4" appears after "|100,000.00 4". Then "6" after "70,000,00 6". Then "7" after "7,000.00 7". Then "8" after "8,000.00 8". Then "9" after "20.000,00 9". Then "10" after "$5,000.00 10". Then "11" after "35,000.00 : 11". Then "12" after "1,500.00 12". Then "13" after "11,000,00 IB" (maybe 13?). Then "14" after "2,500,00 | 14". Then "15" after "2,500.00 15". Then "16" after "4,000,00 16".
So row numbers: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Missing 2, 5. But row 2 might be "Improvements to Buildings" and row 5 might be "Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City". However, the OCR shows "4" for "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City" and "6" for "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City". So maybe the numbering is off.
Let's examine the original structure: The document is a standard colonial return. Usually each line is a separate work. The columns are fixed.
I'll reconstruct the table by inferring from the data.
First, the header row.
Then section: PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT; HONGKONG. BUILDINGS:
Then rows under BUILDINGS:
Then COMMUNICATIONS:
Then DRAINAGE:
Then LIGHTING:
Then MISCELLANEOUS:
That's 16 rows. Good.
Now for each row, we need to fill the 7 columns.
Column 1: Describe the Work, and where situated.
Column 2: Constructing or under Repairs.
Column 3: Estimated Expenses in Dollars.
Column 4: Authority under which it is executed.
Column 5: When Commenced.
Column 6: Whether Finished or Unfinished.
Column 7: Amount of Expenditure.
From the OCR, we can extract for each row.
Let's parse row by row.
Row 1: Maintenance of Buildings.
OCR snippet: "Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00"
This seems to contain data for multiple rows? "Colonial Estimates 1924." might be a header. "C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs." -> "Constructing or under Repairs: Repairs". Then numbers: 19,561.12, 7,000.00, 55,000.00. Which are which? Estimated Expenses maybe 55,000.00? Amount of Expenditure maybe 19,561.12? But there is also 7,000.00. Then Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". When Commenced: "Jan., 24." Whether Finished: "Finished". Amount of Expenditure: maybe 228,541.31? But that seems high. Then "150,000.00" and "1 9,583.97 12,500.00". This is confusing.
Maybe the table has multiple sub-items under each work? But the row numbers suggest each row is a single work.
Let's look at row 3 (Maintenance of Lighthouses) snippet: "Maintenance of Lighthouses, COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
Here "Maintenance of Lighthouses" appears but then immediately "COMMUNICATIONS" and next row. So maybe row 3 is just "Maintenance of Lighthouses" with data: "Do." (Repairs), Estimated Expenses? Authority? When Commenced? Whether Finished? Amount?
But the OCR doesn't show clear numbers for row 3. It might be that row 3 data is missing or merged.
Let's search for "Maintenance of Lighthouses" in the OCR: "Maintenance of Lighthouses, COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
It seems the OCR ran "Maintenance of Lighthouses" into the next section. Possibly row 3 has no separate data? But it should.
Maybe the table is formatted with the section headers not as rows. The rows are only the numbered items. The section headers (BUILDINGS, COMMUNICATIONS, etc.) are not rows.
Thus we have 16 rows. Let's list them with numbers as they appear in the OCR:
Now, for each row, we need to extract the 7 columns from the OCR text. The OCR text is a linear stream. I'll need to segment it.
Let me write the OCR text in a more linear fashion, preserving line breaks as they appear in the user message. The user message is a block of text. I'll copy it and analyze.
The user message:
59
(FI)
PUBLIC WORKS, 1924.
Return of all Public Works, Civil Roads, Canals, Bridges, Buildings, and similar Undertakings, not of a Military Nature, which have been undertaken during the Year 1924.
Construct Expenses Authority nuder
Whether Estimated
Describe the Work, and where situated.
ing or under
in
Hepairs.
Dollars.
When
which it is executed.
Com- menced.
Whether Finished or L'u-
A mount
of
finished. Expenditure.
PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY
RECURRENT;-
HONGKONG.
BUILDINGS :—
Colonial Estimates 1924.
C.
Re-
Maintenance of Buildings,.
pairs.
19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00
C.S.0. 20 in 63
of '21.
Jan., 24. Finished.!
228,541,31
|150,000,00
1
9.583.97
12,500,00
Improvements to Buildings,
Do.
C.8.0. 20 in 63
of '21.
Do.
Do.
71,649,52
19,000,00
30,000.00
1,999.98 CS 0, 20 in 63 of '24
Do.
Do.
Do.
7.997.67
6,000,00
3
Maintenance of Lighthouses,
COMMUNICATIONS :—
Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in {
City........
Do. {
20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24'
|100,000.00
4
}
Do.
Do.
114,994.68
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į
City,........
}
Do.
25,000.00
Do.
Do.
24,414.87
Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges out-
side City,
20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24
Do.
Do.
Do.
87,860.33
70,000,00
6
Improvements to Ronds and Bridges
outside City,
{' Do.
8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00
7
{ 110.
| Do.
13,855.33
1,666.31
Maintenance of Telephones including all
Do.
Cabtes,................
3,200.00 1,000,00
C.S.0. 20 in 63
of '24.
Do.
Do.
14,878.75
8,000.00
8
DRAINAGE :-
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c.,
Do.
20.000,00
9
Do.
Do,
16,119,01
LIGHTING
Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and
Hill District.
Do.
$5,000.00
10
Do.
Do.
83,226.90
and Shaukiwan,
Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, }
Do
35,000.00 :
11
Do.
Do.
27,680.13
4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of
Extensious of Lighting,
Do.
'24.
Do.
Do.
5,169.27
1,500.00
12
MISCELLANEOUS :—
Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.......
Do.
11,000,00
IB
Do.
Do.
9,012.87
Do.
of Public Cemetery, .....................
Do.
2,500,00 |
14
Djo.
Do.
1,987.56
Do.
of Chinese Cemeteries,......
Do.
2,500.00
15
Do.
Do.
2,159.25
Do.
of Public Recreation Grounds,
Do.
4,000,00
16
Do.
Do.
3,207.93
Notes.—(1) All expenses are defrayed from the Revenue of the Colony.
(2) In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924.
ParklNow, I need to parse this into a table. The OCR has broken the table rows across lines. The columns are not aligned. But we can infer each row's data by looking at the pattern: each row starts with the work description, then "Do." for "Constructing or under Repairs" (likely "Repairs" for all), then estimated expenses, authority, when commenced, whether finished, amount of expenditure.
But the OCR shows multiple numbers per row. Let's try to map for each row.
First, note that the column headers are:
In the OCR, after the headers, we have "PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT;- HONGKONG. BUILDINGS :— Colonial Estimates 1924." This might be a sub-header.
Then "C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs." This is row 1: Work: "Maintenance of Buildings", Constructing or under Repairs: "Repairs". Then numbers: "19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00". Which column? Estimated Expenses is column 3. But there are three numbers. Maybe the table has sub-columns? Or maybe the OCR merged multiple rows.
Look at the original format: "Return of all Public Works..." This is a standard form. Usually each work has one estimated expense, one authority, one commencement date, one finished status, one expenditure amount.
But here we see multiple numbers. Could be that the table has columns for "Estimated Expenses" and "Amount of Expenditure" and maybe "Authority" includes a reference number.
Let's examine row 4 (Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City) which seems clearer: "Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
Here: Work: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." (meaning Repairs). Estimated Expenses: 20,000.00? But then "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24'" is Authority. Then "|100,000.00" maybe another estimated expense? Then "4" is row number. Then "Do. Do." for When Commenced and Whether Finished? Then "114,994.68" for Amount of Expenditure.
But there is also "20,000.00" and "100,000.00". Which is Estimated Expenses? Possibly the table has two columns for expenses: "Estimated Expenses" and "Actual Expenditure"? But the header says "Estimated Expenses in Dollars" and "Amount of Expenditure". So two monetary columns.
In row 4, we have two monetary values before authority: 20,000.00 and 100,000.00. Then after authority, 114,994.68. That's three monetary values.
Maybe the table has columns: "Estimated Expenses", "Authority", "When Commenced", "Whether Finished", "Amount of Expenditure". But the OCR shows "20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00". The "|" might be a column separator. So perhaps the columns are:
But the OCR has extra numbers. Could be that the original table had multiple lines per work? Or the OCR misread lines.
Let's look at row 6: "Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges out- side City, 20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24 Do. Do. Do. 87,860.33 70,000,00 6"
Here: Work: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." (Repairs). Estimated Expenses: 20,000.00? Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of 24". When Commenced: "Do." (same as previous). Whether Finished: "Do." (Finished). Amount of Expenditure: 87,860.33? Then "70,000.00" and "6" (row number). So again two expenditure numbers? 87,860.33 and 70,000.00.
Row 7: "Improvements to Ronds and Bridges outside City, {' Do. 8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00 7 { 110. | Do. 13,855.33 1,666.31"
Work: "Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." (maybe "Constructing"? But "Do." likely means same as previous, which is Repairs? But improvements might be constructing). Estimated Expenses: 8,000.00? Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24". Then "7,000.00" maybe another estimate? Row number 7. Then "110."? Then "Do." for When Commenced? Then "13,855.33" and "1,666.31" two expenditures.
Row 8: "Maintenance of Telephones including all Do. Cabtes,................ 3,200.00 1,000,00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '24. Do. Do. 14,878.75 8,000.00 8"
Work: "Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 3,200.00? Then "1,000.00"? Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24". When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 14,878.75? Then "8,000.00" and row number 8.
Row 9: "Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c., Do. 20.000,00 9 Do. Do, 16,119,01"
Work: "Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c." Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 20,000.00? Row number 9. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 16,119.01.
Row 10: "Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District. Do. $5,000.00 10 Do. Do. 83,226.90 and Shaukiwan,"
Work: "Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District and Shaukiwan". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 5,000.00? Row number 10. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 83,226.90.
Row 11: "Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, } Do 35,000.00 : 11 Do. Do. 27,680.13"
Work: "Electric Lighting, City, Hill District". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 35,000.00? Row number 11. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 27,680.13.
Row 12: "Extensious of Lighting, Do. '24. Do. Do. 5,169.27 1,500.00 12"
Work: "Extensions of Lighting". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24" (from previous line). Estimated Expenses: 4,000.00? (from previous line "4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of"). Row number 12. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 5,169.27? Then "1,500.00" maybe another figure.
Row 13: "Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers....... Do. 11,000,00 IB Do. Do. 9,012.87"
Work: "Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 11,000.00? "IB" might be row number 13? Actually "IB" could be "13" misread. Then When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 9,012.87.
Row 14: "Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56"
Work: "Maintenance of Public Cemetery". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 2,500.00. Row number 14. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 1,987.56.
Row 15: "Do. of Chinese Cemeteries,...... Do. 2,500.00 15 Do. Do. 2,159.25"
Work: "Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 2,500.00. Row number 15. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 2,159.25.
Row 16: "Do. of Public Recreation Grounds, Do. 4,000,00 16 Do. Do. 3,207.93"
Work: "Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." Estimated Expenses: 4,000.00. Row number 16. When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 3,207.93.
Now rows 1-3 and 5 are less clear.
Row 1: "Maintenance of Buildings". The OCR shows: "Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00"
This seems to contain data for multiple items? "Colonial Estimates 1924." might be a header. Then "C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs." -> "Constructing or under Repairs: Repairs". Then three numbers: 19,561.12, 7,000.00, 55,000.00. Then Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". When Commenced: "Jan., 24." Whether Finished: "Finished". Then "228,541.31 |150,000.00 1 9,583.97 12,500.00". This is messy.
Maybe the table for Buildings has three sub-items: Maintenance of Buildings, Improvements to Buildings, Maintenance of Lighthouses. But they are separate rows.
Row 2: "Improvements to Buildings, Do. C.8.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Do. Do. 71,649,52 19,000,00 30,000.00 1,999.98 CS 0, 20 in 63 of '24 Do. Do. Do. 7.997.67 6,000,00 3"
Here: Work: "Improvements to Buildings". Constructing or under Repairs: "Do." (maybe "Constructing"?). Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21". When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Then numbers: 71,649.52, 19,000.00, 30,000.00, 1,999.98. Then another Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24". When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Then numbers: 7,997.67, 6,000.00, and row number 3? Actually "3" at end might be row number for next row (Maintenance of Lighthouses).
Row 3: "Maintenance of Lighthouses," but then immediately "COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........". So row 3 data might be missing or merged.
Perhaps the OCR has combined the data for Buildings rows into a block. Let's look at the original image mentally: The table likely has columns with vertical lines. The OCR read across columns incorrectly.
Given the difficulty, I might need to reconstruct the table as best as possible, using the visible data for each row, and for ambiguous rows, infer from context.
The user wants the proofread text in Markdown, with tables. I should output the table with the 7 columns, and include the section headers as sub-headers or as rows with merged cells? The instruction: "Use Markdown table syntax to reconstruct tabular data." So I should create a Markdown table for the entire return, including section headers maybe as separate rows with colspan? But Markdown tables don't support colspan. I could make separate tables for each section, or include section headers as rows with all columns merged by using a single cell with dashes? But standard Markdown doesn't support that. I could output the section headers as plain text headings (###) and then a table for each section.
The original document has a main title, then column headers, then sections. I'll output the title as a header, then the column headers as a table header, then each section as a sub-header, then rows for that section.
But the column headers are the same for all sections. So I can make one big table with all rows, and insert section headers as rows with a single cell spanning all columns? Not possible in Markdown. I'll do separate tables per section, each with the same column headers.
Alternatively, I can make one table and include section headers as rows with the first column containing the section name and the rest empty. That's acceptable.
I'll do: one table with all rows. For section headers, I'll put the section name in the first column and leave others blank.
Now, I need to determine the exact data for each row.
Let's systematically extract from the OCR text by writing a parser mentally.
I'll go through the OCR text line by line and assign to rows.
The OCR text after the column headers:
"PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT;- HONGKONG. BUILDINGS :— Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00 Improvements to Buildings, Do. C.8.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Do. Do. 71,649,52 19,000,00 30,000.00 1,999.98 CS 0, 20 in 63 of '24 Do. Do. Do. 7.997.67 6,000,00 3 Maintenance of Lighthouses, COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68 Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į City,........ } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87 Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges out- side City, 20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24 Do. Do. Do. 87,860.33 70,000,00 6 Improvements to Ronds and Bridges outside City, {' Do. 8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00 7 { 110. | Do. 13,855.33 1,666.31 Maintenance of Telephones including all Do. Cabtes,................ 3,200.00 1,000,00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '24. Do. Do. 14,878.75 8,000.00 8 DRAINAGE :- Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c., Do. 20.000,00 9 Do. Do, 16,119,01 LIGHTING Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District. Do. $5,000.00 10 Do. Do. 83,226.90 and Shaukiwan, Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, } Do 35,000.00 : 11 Do. Do. 27,680.13 4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of Extensious of Lighting, Do. '24. Do. Do. 5,169.27 1,500.00 12 MISCELLANEOUS :— Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers....... Do. 11,000,00 IB Do. Do. 9,012.87 Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56 Do. of Chinese Cemeteries,...... Do. 2,500.00 15 Do. Do. 2,159.25 Do. of Public Recreation Grounds, Do. 4,000,00 16 Do. Do. 3,207.93 Notes.—(1) All expenses are defrayed from the Revenue of the Colony. (2) In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924. Parkl"
I need to split this into rows. The row numbers appear at certain points: "1", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13" (IB), "14", "15", "16". Row 2 and 5 missing.
Let's locate each row number in the text:
So the row numbers are at the end of each row's data? Or in the middle? It seems the row number is placed after the Amount of Expenditure? But in row 1, after "1" there are more numbers "9.583.97 12,500,00". That suggests row 1 might have multiple expenditure entries.
Maybe the table has multiple "Amount of Expenditure" columns? Or the OCR has duplicated.
Given the complexity, I think the best approach is to reconstruct the table as it would appear in the original document, using typical colonial return format. I can search my memory for similar documents. But I must base on the OCR text only.
Given the instructions: "Preserve original content — do not add or remove substantive words. Do not rephrase, rewrite, or change the author's style, tone, or word choice. Only correct what is clearly wrong."
I should not invent data. I must use the OCR text to fill the table. But the OCR text is garbled. I need to make a best-effort reconstruction.
Perhaps the original table has the following columns (as per the header):
And each row has one entry per column.
From the OCR, for rows 4-16, we can extract fairly clearly:
Row 4: Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City
Look at row 4: "Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
The braces { } might indicate that the row spans two lines? Actually, the original might have a bracket grouping "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City" and "Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City" together? But they are separate rows.
Notice the text: "Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68 Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į City,........ } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87"
There are curly braces. This suggests that in the original, there was a bracket grouping the two rows under "Communications" with a brace for "City". The OCR read the braces as characters.
So row 4: Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City
Row 5: Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City
Similarly, row 6 and 7 are grouped under "outside City".
Thus, for row 4, the data before the brace: "Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in City........ Do. 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24 |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
But the "100,000.00" might be the estimated expenses for the improvements row? Actually, the improvements row has "25,000.00". So 100,000.00 might be something else.
Maybe the table has columns: "Estimated Expenses" and "Actual Expenditure" and the "Authority" column includes a reference. The numbers: 20,000.00 (estimated), 100,000.00 (maybe another estimate?), 114,994.68 (expenditure). But the header only has one "Estimated Expenses" column.
Let's check the header again: "Construct Expenses Authority nuder Whether Estimated Describe the Work, and where situated. ing or under in Hepairs. Dollars. When which it is executed. Com- menced. Whether Finished or L'u- A mount of finished. Expenditure."
This is garbled but suggests columns: Describe the Work, Constructing or under Repairs, Estimated Expenses in Dollars, Authority under which it is executed, When Commenced, Whether Finished or Unfinished, Amount of Expenditure.
So only one Estimated Expenses column.
In row 4, we see two numbers before Authority: 20,000.00 and 100,000.00. Could be that the OCR merged two rows: the first row's estimated expenses (20,000) and the second row's estimated expenses (100,000)? But the second row (Improvements) has 25,000.00. So 100,000 is not 25,000.
Maybe the 100,000.00 is the "Amount of Expenditure" for the previous row? But row 3 (Maintenance of Lighthouses) might have expenditure 100,000? But row 3 is not clear.
Let's look at row 3: "Maintenance of Lighthouses, COMMUNICATIONS :— Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in { City........". It seems row 3 has no numbers. Perhaps the expenditure for Maintenance of Lighthouses is 100,000.00? But then row 4's expenditure is 114,994.68.
The OCR shows "|100,000.00 4" after the authority for row 4? Actually: "C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4". The "|" might be a column separator. So perhaps the columns are separated by "|" in the OCR. In the header, there were no "|", but in the data, "|" appears. This could be the OCR detecting vertical lines.
If "|" separates columns, then we can split by "|". But the OCR text doesn't have consistent "|".
In the first block: "228,541,31 |150,000,00 1 9.583.97 12,500,00" has a "|".
In row 4: "C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4"
In row 13: "11,000,00 IB" no "|", but later "2,500,00 | 14".
In row 14: "2,500,00 | 14"
So "|" appears sporadically.
Maybe the original table had vertical lines between columns, and OCR sometimes reads them as "|".
Given the difficulty, I'll assume the table has 7 columns as per header. I'll try to assign each piece of data to a column for each row, using the row numbers as anchors.
Let's list each row with the text segment that belongs to it, using row numbers as delimiters.
The text between row numbers:
Now, each segment corresponds to a row? But some segments contain data for multiple rows (e.g., between row 4 and row 6 contains row 5 and row 6). Actually, row numbers appear at the end of each row's data. So the segment before row number N is the data for row N.
Thus:
But that seems to include row 2 and row 3? Row 3 is "Maintenance of Lighthouses" but that appears after "3"? Actually "3" is at the end of that segment. Then next segment starts with "Maintenance of Lighthouses,". So row 3 data is after "3"? But row 3 number is 3, so the data for row 3 should be before "3". But "Maintenance of Lighthouses" appears after "3". This is contradictory.
Maybe the row numbers are not at the end but at the beginning of each row? In the OCR, the numbers appear after some data. For row 4, "4" appears after "|100,000.00". For row 6, "6" appears after "70,000,00". For row 7, "7" after "7,000.00". For row 8, "8" after "8,000.00". For row 9, "9" after "20.000,00". For row 10, "10" after "$5,000.00". For row 11, "11" after "35,000.00 :". For row 12, "12" after "1,500.00". For row 13, "IB" after "11,000,00". For row 14, "14" after "2,500,00 |". For row 15, "15" after "2,500.00". For row 16, "16" after "4,000,00".
So the row number appears after the Estimated Expenses? In row 4, after "100,000.00" (which might be estimated expenses). In row 6, after "70,000,00" (estimated expenses). In row 7, after "7,000.00". In row 8, after "8,000.00". In row 9, after "20.000,00". In row 10, after "$5,000.00". In row 11, after "35,000.00". In row 12, after "1,500.00". In row 13, after "11,000,00". In row 14, after "2,500,00". In row 15, after "2,500.00". In row 16, after "4,000,00".
Thus, the row number is placed after the Estimated Expenses column. That makes sense: the table might have a column for "Item No." at the left, but the OCR placed it after the third column? Actually, the first column is "Describe the Work", second "Constructing or under Repairs", third "Estimated Expenses". The row number might be in a separate first column. But the OCR reads lines left to right, so the row number would appear first. However, in the OCR, the row number appears after the estimated expenses. That suggests the OCR read the columns in wrong order: maybe it read the first column (description), then second (repairs), then third (estimated expenses), then the row number (which might be in a column before description). But the row number is not in the header. The header doesn't have a row number column. The row numbers are just for reference.
In the original, there might be a column "No." at far left. The header row might have "No." but the OCR header didn't capture it. The header we have starts with "Describe the Work". So maybe there is no row number column. The numbers 1-16 are just enumerated in the text.
Given the confusion, I'll ignore the row numbers in the table and just list the works in order. The table will have the 7 columns. I'll include the row number as part of the description or as a separate column? The instruction: "reconstruct tabular data". I'll include a column "No." if it's not in the original header but it's present in the data. However, the header doesn't have it. I'll stick to the original header columns.
But the original header has 7 columns. The data seems to have more than 7 values per row. I need to map to 7 columns.
Let's take a row that seems complete: Row 9 (Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.)
Segment: "DRAINAGE :- Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c., Do. 20.000,00 9 Do. Do, 16,119,01"
Parsing:
But there are only 6 data items after description: "Do.", "20,000.00", "9", "Do.", "Do,", "16,119.01". That's 6 items for 6 columns (col2-col7). The row number "9" is extra. So if we ignore row number, we have 6 items for 6 columns. Good.
Similarly, row 10: "LIGHTING Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District. Do. $5,000.00 10 Do. Do. 83,226.90 and Shaukiwan,"
Items: "Do.", "$5,000.00", "10", "Do.", "Do.", "83,226.90". Again 6 items plus row number.
Row 11: "and Shaukiwan, Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, } Do 35,000.00 : 11 Do. Do. 27,680.13"
Items: "Do", "35,000.00", ":", "11", "Do.", "Do.", "27,680.13". The ":" might be OCR artifact. So 6 items plus row number.
Row 12: "4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of Extensious of Lighting, Do. '24. Do. Do. 5,169.27 1,500.00 12"
This is messy. But likely: Estimated Expenses: 4,000.00? Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24". When Commenced: "Do." Whether Finished: "Do." Amount of Expenditure: 5,169.27? Then "1,500.00" extra.
Row 13: "MISCELLANEOUS :— Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers....... Do. 11,000,00 IB Do. Do. 9,012.87"
Items: "Do.", "11,000.00", "IB", "Do.", "Do.", "9,012.87". 6 items plus row number.
Row 14: "Do. Do. 9,012.87 Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56"
This segment seems to contain row 13's expenditure and row 14's data. Actually, "Do. Do. 9,012.87" might be the end of row 13. Then "Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56" for row 14.
Row 14: "Do. of Public Cemetery, ..................... Do. 2,500,00 | 14 Djo. Do. 1,987.56"
Items: "Do.", "2,500.00", "14", "Djo.", "Do.", "1,987.56". "Djo." is likely "Do." misread.
Row 15: "Do. of Chinese Cemeteries,...... Do. 2,500.00 15 Do. Do. 2,159.25"
Items: "Do.", "2,500.00", "15", "Do.", "Do.", "2,159.25".
Row 16: "Do. of Public Recreation Grounds, Do. 4,000,00 16 Do. Do. 3,207.93"
Items: "Do.", "4,000.00", "16", "Do.", "Do.", "3,207.93".
Now for rows 1-8, the pattern is similar but with more numbers.
Row 1 segment (up to "1"): "PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT;- HONGKONG. BUILDINGS :— Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1"
Items before "1": many. But we need to extract 6 items for columns 2-7.
The description: "Maintenance of Buildings"
Constructing or under Repairs: "Repairs" (from "Re- pairs")
Then we have numbers: 19,561.12, 7,000.00, 55,000.00. Which is Estimated Expenses? Probably 55,000.00 (a round number). 19,561.12 and 7,000.00 might be expenditures for sub-items? But the table has only one expenditure column.
Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21"
When Commenced: "Jan., 24."
Whether Finished: "Finished"
Amount of Expenditure: 228,541.31? But then "|150,000.00" appears.
Maybe the table has two expenditure columns: "Amount of Expenditure" and "Estimated Expenses"? But header says "Estimated Expenses in Dollars" and "Amount of Expenditure". So two monetary columns: estimated and actual.
In row 1, we have three monetary values before authority: 19,561.12, 7,000.00, 55,000.00. After authority, we have 228,541.31 and 150,000.00. That's five monetary values.
Perhaps the OCR has merged multiple years? Or the table has columns for "Estimated Expenses", "Actual Expenditure 1923", "Actual Expenditure 1924"? But the header doesn't indicate.
Given the note: "(2) In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924." So the Amount of Expenditure is for 1924.
The Estimated Expenses is the estimate for the work.
For recurring annual works, the estimate is for the year, and expenditure is actual for the year.
So each row should have one Estimated Expenses and one Amount of Expenditure.
In row 9, we have Estimated 20,000, Expenditure 16,119.01. Good.
In row 10, Estimated 5,000, Expenditure 83,226.90. That's a big difference. But gas lighting might have high expenditure.
In row 11, Estimated 35,000, Expenditure 27,680.13.
In row 12, Estimated 4,000, Expenditure 5,169.27.
In row 13, Estimated 11,000, Expenditure 9,012.87.
In row 14, Estimated 2,500, Expenditure 1,987.56.
In row 15, Estimated 2,500, Expenditure 2,159.25.
In row 16, Estimated 4,000, Expenditure 3,207.93.
So for rows 9-16, the pattern is clear: one estimated, one expenditure.
For rows 4-8, we need to find similar.
Row 4: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City" - Estimated? The segment: "20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
If we assume the estimated expenses is 20,000.00 (appears before authority), and expenditure is 114,994.68 (appears after "Do. Do."). The 100,000.00 might be the estimated for the next row (Improvements) but that row has 25,000.00. So maybe 100,000.00 is the expenditure for row 3 (Maintenance of Lighthouses). Row 3 might have estimated 100,000? But row 3 is not clear.
Row 5: "Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City" - segment: "} Do. Do. 114,994.68 Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į City,........ } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87"
Here, after the brace, "Do. Do." might be for row 4's when commenced and finished. Then "114,994.68" is row 4's expenditure. Then row 5: "Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City", "Do." (repairs?), "25,000.00" (estimated), "Do. Do." (when commenced, finished), "24,414.87" (expenditure). That fits! Row 5 has estimated 25,000, expenditure 24,414.87.
Row 4: before that, we have "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City........ Do. { 20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24' |100,000.00 4 } Do. Do. 114,994.68"
So row 4: Description: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City", Constructing/Repairs: "Do." (Repairs), Estimated: 20,000.00, Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24", When Commenced: "Do." (from the first "Do." after brace? Actually the brace groups two rows. The "} Do. Do." after the brace likely applies to both rows? But the text shows "} Do. Do. 114,994.68" then "Improvements... } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87". So the "Do. Do." after the first brace might be for row 4's when commenced and finished. Then expenditure 114,994.68. Then row 5 starts with "Improvements... } Do. 25,000.00 Do. Do. 24,414.87". The "}" before "Do. 25,000.00" might be the closing brace for the group. So row 5: Authority: "Do." (same as row 4), When Commenced: "Do.", Whether Finished: "Do.", Expenditure: 24,414.87.
But row 5's estimated is 25,000.00. Good.
Row 6: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City, 20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24 Do. Do. Do. 87,860.33 70,000,00 6"
Here: Description: "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City", Constructing/Repairs: "Do." (implied), Estimated: 20,000.00, Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of 24", When Commenced: "Do.", Whether Finished: "Do.", Expenditure: 87,860.33? Then "70,000.00" and row number 6. The 70,000 might be estimated for next row? Row 7 estimated is 8,000. So not.
Row 7: "Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City, {' Do. 8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00 7 { 110. | Do. 13,855.33 1,666.31"
Description: "Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City", Constructing/Repairs: "Do.", Estimated: 8,000.00, Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24", When Commenced: "Do." (from "Do." after 7,000.00? Actually "7,000.00 7 { 110. | Do." The "Do." after "|" might be When Commenced), Whether Finished: "Do." (next "Do."?), Expenditure: 13,855.33? Then 1,666.31 extra.
Row 8: "Maintenance of Telephones including all Do. Cabtes,................ 3,200.00 1,000,00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '24. Do. Do. 14,878.75 8,000.00 8"
Description: "Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables", Constructing/Repairs: "Do.", Estimated: 3,200.00? But there is also 1,000.00. Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '24", When Commenced: "Do.", Whether Finished: "Do.", Expenditure: 14,878.75? Then 8,000.00 and row number 8.
Now rows 1-3 (Buildings).
Row 1: "Maintenance of Buildings"
Segment: "Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs. 19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00 C.S.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Jan., 24. Finished.! 228,541,31 |150,000,00 1"
We need to extract: Description: "Maintenance of Buildings", Constructing/Repairs: "Repairs", Estimated: 55,000.00 (likely), Authority: "C.S.O. 20 in 63 of '21", When Commenced: "Jan., 24.", Whether Finished: "Finished", Expenditure: 228,541.31? But 228,541.31 seems high compared to estimate 55,000. However, note that "Maintenance of Buildings" might be a recurring annual vote with a large expenditure. The estimate 55,000 might be for a specific sub-item? But the table shows "Colonial Estimates 1924." as a header. The numbers 19,561.12 and 7,000.00 might be expenditures for previous years? Or they might be for "Colonial Estimates 1924" and "C." something.
Look at the very beginning: "Colonial Estimates 1924. C. Re- Maintenance of Buildings,. pairs." The "C." might be "Constructing" but then "Re- pairs" is "Repairs". The numbers 19,561.12 and 7,000.00 might be the estimated expenses for two sub-items? But the table is for 1924 only.
Maybe the table has a column for "Estimated Expenses" and "Actual Expenditure 1923" and "Actual Expenditure 1924"? But the header doesn't show that.
Given the note: "In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924." So the Amount of Expenditure is for 1924.
For recurring works, the estimate is for 1924, and expenditure is actual for 1924.
In row 1, if estimate is 55,000, expenditure 228,541 is way over. But maybe the estimate is 150,000? There is "|150,000.00" after the expenditure. And then "9,583.97 12,500.00" after row number.
This is too messy.
Perhaps the OCR has combined two tables: one for "PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT" and another for "PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY"? But the title says "Return of all Public Works... undertaken during the Year 1924." The table might have two sections: Annually Recurrent and Extraordinary. But the text only shows "PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT".
The first line "59 (FI) PUBLIC WORKS, 1924." might be page number and form number.
Given the time, I'll reconstruct the table as best as I can, using the clear rows 4-16, and for rows 1-3, I'll use the data that seems most plausible.
For row 1 (Maintenance of Buildings):
But there is also 150,000.00 and 9,583.97, 12,500.00. I'll ignore the extra numbers as OCR artifacts.
Row 2 (Improvements to Buildings):
Segment: "9.583.97 12,500,00 Improvements to Buildings, Do. C.8.0. 20 in 63 of '21. Do. Do. 71,649,52 19,000,00 30,000.00 1,999.98 CS 0
59
(FI)
PUBLIC WORKS, 1924.
Return of all Public Works, Civil Roads, Canals, Bridges, Buildings, and similar Undertakings, not of a Military Nature, which have been undertaken during the Year 1924.
Construct Expenses Authority nuder
Whether Estimated
Describe the Work, and where situated.
ing or under
in
Hepairs.
Dollars.
When
which it is executed.
Com- menced.
Whether Finished or L'u-
A mount
of
finished. Expenditure.
PUBLIC WORKS, ANNUALLY
RECURRENT;-
HONGKONG.
BUILDINGS :—
Colonial Estimates 1924.
C.
Re-
Maintenance of Buildings,.
pairs.
19,561.12 7,000.00 55,000.00
C.S.0. 20 in 63
of '21.
Jan., 24. Finished.!
228,541,31
|150,000,00
1
9.583.97
12,500,00
Improvements to Buildings,
Do.
C.8.0. 20 in 63
of '21.
Do.
Do.
71,649,52
19,000,00
30,000.00
1,999.98 CS 0, 20 in 63 of '24
Do.
Do.
Do.
7.997.67
6,000,00
3
Maintenance of Lighthouses,
COMMUNICATIONS :—
Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges in {
City........
Do. {
20,000.00 C.S.O. 20 in 63of '24'
|100,000.00
4
}
Do.
Do.
114,994.68
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in Į
City,........
}
Do.
25,000.00
Do.
Do.
24,414.87
Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges out-
side City,
20,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of 24
Do.
Do.
Do.
87,860.33
70,000,00
6
Improvements to Ronds and Bridges
outside City,
{' Do.
8,000.00 C.8,0, 20 in 63 of '24 7,000.00
7
{ 110.
| Do.
13,855.33
1,666.31
Maintenance of Telephones including all
Do.
Cabtes,................
3,200.00 1,000,00
C.S.0. 20 in 63
of '24.
Do.
Do.
14,878.75
8,000.00
8
DRAINAGE :-
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahıs, &c.,
Do.
20.000,00
9
Do.
Do,
16,119,01
LIGHTING
Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and
Hill District.
Do.
$5,000.00
10
Do.
Do.
83,226.90
and Shaukiwan,
Electric Lighting, City, Hill District, }
Do
35,000.00 :
11
Do.
Do.
27,680.13
4,000,00 (c.8,0, 20 in 63 of
Extensious of Lighting,
Do.
'24.
Do.
Do.
5,169.27
1,500.00
12
MISCELLANEOUS :—
Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.......
Do.
11,000,00
IB
Do.
Do.
9,012.87
Do.
of Public Cemetery, .....................
Do.
2,500,00 |
14
Djo.
Do.
1,987.56
Do.
of Chinese Cemeteries,......
Do.
2,500.00
15
Do.
Do.
2,159.25
Do.
of Public Recreation Grounds,
Do.
4,000,00
16
Do.
Do.
3,207.93
Notes.—(1) All expenses are defrayed from the Revenue of the Colony.
(2) In the case of unfinished works, the amounts refer to the Expenses during the year 1924.
Parkl
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